Kay Hassan
The work of South African artist Kay Hassan (born 1956 in Johannesburg) crosses easily and with authority from small scale works to massive paper ‘constructions’ – the artist’s chosen word. These last are perhaps the works for which Hassan is best known. Using the materials of the street – printed billboard posters – as his palette, Hassan rips and cuts these, deconstructing and reconstructing them into new images. The subjects are fictional characters inspired by the people the artist encounters on the streets of Johannesburg where he lives and works.